The 2019 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was the 21st WGC Match Play, played March 27–31 at Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas. It was the second of four World Golf Championships in 2019.

Kevin Kisner, runner-up in 2018, defeated 2013 champion Matt Kuchar in the final, 3 & 2.

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Field The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on March 17. However, the seedings were based on the World Rankings on March 24.

Rickie Fowler (ranked 8th on March 17, personal reasons) and Adam Scott (29th, personal reasons) did not compete, allowing entry for Satoshi Kodaira (65th) and Luke List (66th).

Format The first phase of the tournament involves players being split into 16 groups of four players. Each group is decided by a round-robin format played over Wednesday to Friday, with the sixteen group winners advancing to the knock out phase. The group winner is decided by awarding 1 point for a win, and ½ point for a halved match. If two or more players are tied on points at the conclusion of the group phase, sudden death stroke play playoff is played between tied players.

The group winners play the round of sixteen on Saturday morning, and the quarterfinal on Saturday afternoon. The semifinals are played on Sunday morning, and the final and third place playoff are played on Sunday afternoon. In total, the winner will play seven rounds of golf.

Pool A SeedPlayerOWGR1 Dustin Johnson12 Justin Rose23 Brooks Koepka34 Rory McIlroy45 Justin Thomas56 Bryson DeChambeau67 Francesco Molinari78 Jon Rahm89 Xander Schauffele910 Paul Casey1111 Tommy Fleetwood1212 Jason Day1313 Tiger Woods1414 Tony Finau1515 Bubba Watson1616 Patrick Reed17

Pool B SeedPlayerOWGR17 Marc Leishman1818 Patrick Cantlay1919 Louis Oosthuizen2020 Phil Mickelson2121 Webb Simpson2222 Gary Woodland2323 Matt Kuchar2424 Hideki Matsuyama2525 Cameron Smith2626 Sergio García2727 Alex Norén2828 Jordan Spieth3029 Rafa Cabrera-Bello3130 Ian Poulter3231 Keegan Bradley3332 Matt Fitzpatrick34

Pool C SeedPlayerOWGR33 Matt Wallace3534 Eddie Pepperell3635 Tyrrell Hatton3736 Li Haotong3837 Henrik Stenson3938 Billy Horschel4039 Kiradech Aphibarnrat4140 Branden Grace4241 Kyle Stanley4342 Charles Howell III4443 J. B. Holmes4544 Brandt Snedeker4645 Thorbjørn Olesen4746 Shane Lowry4847 Justin Harding4948 Kevin Kisner50

Pool D SeedPlayerOWGR49 An Byeong-hun5150 Lucas Bjerregaard5251 Andrew Putnam5352 Jim Furyk5453 Emiliano Grillo5554 Kim Si-woo5655 Chez Reavie5756 Keith Mitchell5857 Kevin Na6058 Abraham Ancer6159 Russell Knox6260 Tom Lewis6361 Aaron Wise6462 Lee Westwood6563 Satoshi Kodaira6764 Luke List69

Results

Pool play Players were divided into 16 groups of four players and play round-robin matches Wednesday to Friday. Round 1 – March 27 Round 2 – March 28 Round 3 – March 29

+ Group 1 Round Winner Score Loser1 Johnson 4 & 3 Reavie Grace 4 & 3 Matsuyama2 Grace 1 up JohnsonMatsuyama vs Reavie – halved3 Matsuyama 4 & 2 Johnson Grace 2 & 1 Reavie Seed Player W L H Points Finish 40 Branden Grace 3 0 0 3 1 24 Hideki Matsuyama 1 1 1 1.5 2 1 Dustin Johnson 1 2 0 1 3 55 Chez Reavie 0 2 1 0.5 4+ Group 2 Round Winner Score Loser1 Rose 2 & 1 Grillo Woodland 2 & 1 Pepperell2 Rose vs Pepperell – halved Woodland 1 up Grillo3 Rose 1 up Woodland Grillo 4 & 3 Pepperell Seed Player W L H Points Finish 2 Justin Rose 2 0 1 2.5 1 22 Gary Woodland 2 1 0 2 2 53 Emiliano Grillo 1 2 0 1 3 34 Eddie Pepperell 0 2 1 0.5 4 + Group 3 Round Winner Score Loser1 Koepka vs Lewis – halved Li 5 & 4 Norén2 Li 1 up Koepka Norén 4 & 2 Lewis3 Norén 3 & 2 Koepka Lewis 1 up Li Seed Player W L H Points Finish 36 Li Haotong 2 1 0 2 1 27 Alex Norén 2 1 0 2 2 60 Tom Lewis 1 1 1 1.5 3 3 Brooks Koepka 0 2 1 0.5 4 Li defeated Norén on the first hole of asudden-death playoff with a birdie.+ Group 4 Round Winner Score Loser1 McIlroy 5 & 4 List Harding 1 up Fitzpatrick2 McIlroy 3 & 2 Harding List 2 & 1 Fitzpatrick3 McIlroy 4 & 2 Fitzpatrick Harding 2 up List Seed Player W L H Points Finish 4 Rory McIlroy 3 0 0 3 1 47 Justin Harding 2 1 0 2 2 64 Luke List 1 2 0 1 3 32 Matt Fitzpatrick 0 3 0 0 4 + Group 5 Round Winner Score Loser1 Bjerregaard 3 & 2 Thomas Wallace 1 up Bradley2 Thomas 3 & 1 WallaceBradley vs Bjerregaard – halved3 Thomas vs Bradley – halved Bjerregaard 1 up Wallace Seed Player W L H Points Finish 50 Lucas Bjerregaard 2 0 1 2.5 1 5 Justin Thomas 1 1 1 1.5 2 33 Matt Wallace 1 2 0 1 T3 31 Keegan Bradley 0 1 2 1 T3+ Group 6 Round Winner Score Loser1 DeChambeau 3 & 1 Knox Leishman 2 up Aphibarnrat2 Aphibarnrat 2 & 1 DeChambeau Leishman 2 up Knox3 Leishman 5 & 4 DeChambeau Knox 2 up Aphibarnrat Seed Player W L H Points Finish 17 Marc Leishman 3 0 0 3 1 6 Bryson DeChambeau 1 2 0 1 T2 39 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 1 2 0 1 T2 59 Russell Knox 1 2 0 1 T2 + Group 7 Round Winner Score Loser1 Molinari 5 & 4 Kodaira Olesen 2 & 1 Simpson2 Molinari 4 & 3 OlesenSimpson vs Kodaira – halved3 Molinari 2 & 1 Simpson Kodaira 2 & 1 Olesen Seed Player W L H Points Finish 7 Francesco Molinari 3 0 0 3 1 63 Satoshi Kodaira 1 1 1 1.5 2 45 Thorbjørn Olesen 1 2 0 1 3 21 Webb Simpson 0 2 1 0.5 4+ Group 8 Round Winner Score Loser1 Rahm 7 & 5 Kim Kuchar 3 & 1 Holmes2 Holmes 2 & 1 Rahm Kuchar 6 & 4 Kim3 Rahm vs Kuchar – halved Holmes 6 & 4 Kim Seed Player W L H Points Finish 23 Matt Kuchar 2 0 1 2.5 1 43 J. B. Holmes 2 1 0 2 2 8 Jon Rahm 1 1 1 1.5 3 54 Kim Si-woo 0 3 0 0 4 + Group 9 Round Winner Score Loser1 Schauffele 1 up Westwood Hatton 4 & 3 Cabrera-Bello2 Schauffele vs Hatton – halvedCabrera-Bello vs Westwood – halved3 Cabrera-Bello 1 up Schauffele Hatton 3 & 1 Westwood Seed Player W L H Points Finish 35 Tyrrell Hatton 2 0 1 2.5 1 9 Xander Schauffele 1 1 1 1.5 T2 29 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 1 1 1 1.5 T2 62 Lee Westwood 0 2 1 0.5 4+ Group 10 Round Winner Score Loser1 Casey 5 & 3 Ancer Howell III 2 & 1 Smith2 Casey vs Howell III – halved Ancer 3 & 2 Smith3 Casey 4 & 3 Smith Ancer 5 & 3 Howell III Seed Player W L H Points Finish 10 Paul Casey 2 0 1 2.5 1 58 Abraham Ancer 2 1 0 2 2 42 Charles Howell III 1 1 1 1.5 3 25 Cameron Smith 0 3 0 0 4 + Group 11 Round Winner Score Loser1 Fleetwood 3 & 2 An Stanley 3 & 2 Oosthuizen2 Fleetwood vs Stanley – halved Oosthuizen 1 up An3 Oosthuizen 4 & 3 Fleetwood An 6 & 5 Stanley Seed Player W L H Points Finish 19 Louis Oosthuizen 2 1 0 2 1 11 Tommy Fleetwood 1 1 1 1.5 T2 41 Kyle Stanley 1 1 1 1.5 T2 49 An Byeong-hun 1 2 0 1 4+ Group 12 Round Winner Score Loser1 Furyk 2 up Day Stenson 2 & 1 Mickelson2 Stenson 4 & 3 Day Furyk 1 up Mickelson3 Mickelson 2 up Day Stenson 5 & 4 Furyk Seed Player W L H Points Finish 37 Henrik Stenson 3 0 0 3 1 52 Jim Furyk 2 1 0 2 2 20 Phil Mickelson 1 2 0 1 3 12 Jason Day 0 3 0 0 4 + Group 13 Round Winner Score Loser1 Woods 3 & 1 WiseCantlay vs Snedeker – halved2 Snedeker 2 & 1 Woods Cantlay 4 & 2 Wise3 Woods 4 & 2 Cantlay Wise 6 & 4 Snedeker Seed Player W L H Points Finish 13 Tiger Woods 2 1 0 2 1 18 Patrick Cantlay 1 1 1 1.5 T2 44 Brandt Snedeker 1 1 1 1.5 T2 61 Aaron Wise 1 2 0 1 4+ Group 14 Round Winner Score Loser1 Finau 2 & 1 Mitchell Poulter 2 up Kisner2 Kisner 2 up Finau Mitchell 1 up Poulter3 Poulter 1 up Finau Kisner 2 & 1 Mitchell Seed Player W L H Points Finish 48 Kevin Kisner 2 1 0 2 1 30 Ian Poulter 2 1 0 2 2 14 Tony Finau 1 2 0 1 T3 56 Keith Mitchell 1 2 0 1 T3 Kisner defeated Poulter on the third hole of asudden-death playoff with a birdie. + Group 15 Round Winner Score Loser1 Na 1 up WatsonSpieth vs Horschel – halved2 Horschel 2 & 1 Watson Spieth 3 & 2 Na3 Watson 1 up Spieth Na 3 & 1 Horschel Seed Player W L H Points Finish 57 Kevin Na 2 1 0 2 1 28 Jordan Spieth 1 1 1 1.5 T2 38 Billy Horschel 1 1 1 1.5 T2 15 Bubba Watson 1 2 0 1 4+ Group 16 Round Winner Score Loser1 Putnam 3 & 2 Reed García 4 & 2 Lowry2 Reed vs Lowry – halved García 5 & 4 Putnam3 Reed 2 & 1 García Lowry 3 & 2 Putnam Seed Player W L H Points Finish 26 Sergio García 2 1 0 2 1 16 Patrick Reed 1 1 1 1.5 T2 46 Shane Lowry 1 1 1 1.5 T2 51 Andrew Putnam 1 2 0 1 4

Final 16 bracket

Prize money breakdown Place Description US ($)1 Champion 1,745,0002 Runner-up 1,095,0003 Third place 712,0004 Fourth place 574,000T5 Losing quarter-finalists x 4 315,000T9 Losing round of 16 x 8 167,000T17 Those with 2 points in pool play x 7 108,429T24 Those with 1.5 points in pool play x 16 81,313T40 Those with 1 point in pool play x 16 62,500T56 Those with 0.5 points in pool play x 5 53,000T61 Those with 0 points in pool play x 4 50,750 Total 10,250,000 Source:

References

External links

Official 2019 Leaderboard Coverage on the European Tour's official site Austin Country Club